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Murray · Railways, roads & transport
25 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 2
SIR,—The report of the procedure of the Deputation which waited upon the Victorian Minister of Railways and Works on tile matter of a bridge at Erhuca, and the [?] views as set forth therein, show us exactly the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE plan in America where the state of things in this respect has been all along much the same as with us, is to run the railroad right ahead of the people, in the full confidence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—As your correspondent “Iron Horse ” reflects on the motives of the gentlemen who lately had an interview with the Commissioner of Railways and Roads relative to the Echuca Bridge, 1. as one of them, desire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Some short time ago an enormous monster of the cat-fish species was caught in the river, near Echuca (vide the Riverina Herald). The chronicles of the capture of this wouderful fish took occasion to remark that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NATURE and art have alike favoured Messrs. Collier, Barry and Co., the contractors for the last fifty odd miles of the Echuca Railway. Their tender was deemed so low as to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE first meeting of this recently elected body was held on Wednesday, [?] at the Hall of Commerce. Present: Messrs. Jeffreys, Class, Redman, Mitchell, and Elliget…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speaking of the progress of the Echuca Railway, the Bendigo Advertiser of yesterday says:—“ This line is rapidly approaching completion, it being now within nineteen miles of Echuca ; and we are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The introduction to your Echuca correspondent’s letter of recent date is worthy of being quoted:—“Echuca is rapidly rising into its future position—that of the emporium of the river trade. The busy appearance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE have given insertion this week to some letters on the propriety of steps being taken at Deniliquin in order to try and secure the extension to this town of the Echuca Railway. Our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—I have no doubt that many persons on this and on the other side of the Murray, are looking anxiously forward for the day when the “Iron Horse” will be sporting at the terminus at Echuca. Surely the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—I wrote you a few weeks ago drawing attention the disadvantages Deniliquin would labor under if no steps be taken to bring her into closer contact by rail with the outer world. I have since partially gone into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Monday morning, about six o’clock, the first goods train left the Sandhurst Station for Echuca. The train, which consisted of forty trucks, conveyed the very large quantity of upwards of 200 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the most atrocious crimes that probably ever disgraced this country was perpetrated late on Saturday evening, July 9, in a first class carriage of a passenger train on the North London Railway, when Mr. Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EXPERIENCE teaches that before a town can become an important trading mart, it must have easy communication with the outside world, and in proportion as this is more or less…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This movement was initiated at tin; Royal Hotel on Thursday evening. There were about twenty of the townspeople present, who seemed to take considerable interest in the matter before them. The meeting formed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE primary cause of the great and rapid increase of the trade of civilised nations during the last fifty years, is justly attributed to the employment of steam. Its introduction has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MOVEMENT has been set on foot in Deniliquin, having for its object the extension of the railway northward from Echuca. A report was brought up at a meeting which took place on the subject on Thursday last. in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE draft report submitted to and referred— by the meeting held at the Royal for the purpose of securing the extension northerly of the Murray rail—to a committee for revision, is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I am glad to see that my fellow townsmen have made a move in the matter of a railway. I had not the honor of attending the initiatory meeting, a beginning small as it was, of greater magnitude than often falls…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ONE of the happiest signs of progress in the Australian colonics is the attention which Legislators are giving to this subject. The promotion of these works is a healthy symptom in these…
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